Nathen Steffel and his wife, Emily, wanted one good picture of their daughter.

They wanted a photo without all the breathing tubes that obscured young Sophia's face since the
day she was born.

Sophia, who was born May 30, died Thursday. She lived her short life in the hospital -- first at
Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus and then at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical
Center. Before she was born, she had already been diagnosed with a hepatic hemangioma, a type of
tumor, in her liver, according to her father. While on a waiting list for a new liver, Sophia died
of complications.

Her parents, from Kalida in northwest Ohio, wanted to remember her face without all those
tubes.

So Mr. Steffel took to
Reddit.com , where he asked for someone's expertise to Photoshop the tubes out of a picture he posted. He
expected a photo or two.

What he received overwhelmed him with gratitude. More than 2,300 comments of support fo far, and
hundreds of photos of young
Sophia, the way she would've looked without the medical equipment.

"We were overwhelmed with all the pictures, paintings and drawings," Mr. Steffel said in an
email. "So many kind words and condolences as well. I'm surprised so many strangers took time out
of their own lives to help me out. We will cherish these wonderful photos forever."